New America NYC is an initiative of the New America Foundation, a Washington DC-based public policy think tank, that hosts several events each month generally focused on politics, media, and culture. Launched in winter 2011-12, New America NYC's events have hosted many top national journalists, including Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink, M.D., Jodi Kantor, author of the recently released book, The Obamas, and Franklin Foer, Editor-at-Large of The New Republic. The event space is located in SoHo.
One staple series in the event space is Broadly Speaking, a partnership with Slate's XX blog focusing on women. Past events in this series have touched on Islamic feminism in the wake of the Arab Spring, a new era of men losing their dominance, and female war correspondents. Mediaite rated the event "The Year of the Herminator: A Panel of Reporters Explain the Weirdest Republican Primary Ever" with Franklin Foer, Richard Just, Jodi Kantor, and Ryan Lizza, as the best panel of 2011.
Rachel White, Executive Vice President and External Relations Director, and Faith Smith, External Relations Manager, oversee New America NYC programming and outreach.